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An earlier projection by Fuller Family Trust to erect 67 homes on the Willow Brook Golf Course has been pared to 11 single-family dwellings on large 7,500-square-foot lots, and the new plan went before Northampton Borough Planning Commission June 14.

This scaled-back plan, which would have access off Howertown Road, is part of a more ambitious project that calls for 164 homes to be built in adjoining North Catasauqua — proposed mainly as an active adult, 55-and-older community.

The missing link between the Nor-Bath Trail and the Delaware & Lehigh Trail, at Canal Park, is no longer missing. The one-mile section in Northampton has been completed, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held June 16 to formally open the trail to walkers, bicyclists and joggers.

Northampton Borough Council is back to its full capacity of eight council members, two from each of the four wards. Kenneth Hall took his seat at the June 1 meeting on the legislative body, filling the spot vacated by Robert Coleman, who resigned in April. The position expires Dec. 31.

Hall voted on several matters that night and made his first motion as council business concluded — the motion to adjourn.

The move of Northampton Farmers Market from Uptown Park, just off Main Street, to Municipal Park, at Laubach Avenue and Smith Lane, is getting positive reviews. The venue, boosted by entertainment and ample parking, appears to have gained the support of the public.

Kenneth Hall, 58, whose affiliation with Northampton Fire Department dates back to his teens, was chosen by an unanimous vote at the May 18 meeting to fill the vacant council seat on the eight-member elective legislative body.

The term for the first ward council post runs until Dec. 31.

Hall was one of three candidates vying for the council seat vacated in April by then-Councilman Robert Coleman, who resigned for health reasons.

Shelby Fabian and Michael A. Dempsey Jr. were the other candidates seeking the vacant council seat.

The Coplay- Northampton Bridge will be closed to traffic May 31. The 1930s-era span will be demolished and a new one erected during a construction project expected to take three years.

Northampton Borough Council learned of this official date at its May 4 meeting.

“We have received a communication from Shawn Samek, of Trumbull Corporation, notifying us that, in all likelihood, the Coplay (Northampton) Bridge will be closed on May 31, 2017,” borough Manager LeRoy Brobst said.

Northampton Alive, a bold and ambitious development project that would change the borough far into the future — with new museums, a greenhouse, covered bridge, boat launch, Main Street artisan mall, restaurant/motel/conference center, municipal barn for mounted police and more — are envisioned by David E. Dlugose, who provided a detailed 18-page report to borough council May 18.

“I kind of think outside the box,” Dlugose said, commenting the town “has an awesome history [but has] so much more potential.”